12/17/2010

Everyone in the fashion industry knows that Chanel is the darling brand of Parisian fashion. The double C's, the quilted purses, the black and white.....all instantly recognizable as Chanel signatures. The mainstay of the brand however, is the tweed jacket. Made from boucle tweed woven in England; the jackets are lined in quilted silk and have no interfacing so they're really quite different from any other jacket that any other designer makes.

As far as I know Chanel doesn't make men's clothes but I have seen editorials and ad's with male models wearing Chanel. For years I've always considered the Chanel jacket on a guy to be the ultimate fashion staple. As I write this post, I want to put one thing on the record: if I ever find a men's Chanel jacket, I am willing to cut off my left leg to have it....

I was just looking around the web at editorials and I happened to come across this image from Attitude magazine.

Even though this collection is considered "last season" (which is ridiculous; seeing as how it's winter right now), my heart still breaks a little bit every time I see these jackets. Its really pathetic actually. Can't Burberry's PR team just hear my telepathic messages already and send me my own shearling jacket. I promise I'll wear it even when its ten seasons old!

I came across this new ad campaign when I was doing the research for my perfect Christmas present a few days ago. It features french supermodel Clement Chabernaud just lounging around a modernist home in insanely expensive Balmain RTW. The campaign's a little intriguing because there's something very 50's-classic Americana about the styling that really draws me in but at the same time, the clothes are very current and punk. I think I get a little more obsessed every time I go over the ads...